atherogenic
adjective
atherogenic is spelled A-T-H-E-R-O-G-E-N-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is arthrogenic: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Atherogenic is an adjective meaning “that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis”.
How many letters and syllables are in atherogenic?
| Letters | 11: A-T-H-E-R-O-G-E-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, arthrogenic, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell atherogenic?
Atherogenic is spelled A-T-H-E-R-O-G-E-N-I-C. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for atherogenic in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is atherogenic?
Atherogenic appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of atherogenic
- more atherogenic comparative
- most atherogenic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does atherogenic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Atherogenic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | aterogénico, aterogênico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does atherogenic come from?
From athero- + -genic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).